Environmental Justice

Join us for the launch of Solidarity Talks — a new virtual webinar series hosted by the ENRICH Project and the CCECJ to amplify calls to action regarding environmental racism and climate vulnerabilities in Indigenous, Black, and other racialized communities. Our first Solidarity Talk community spotlight is Shelburne, Nova Scotia.

This report aims to determine and identify interactions between environmental, biological, genetic, socio-economic and lifestyle factors that may be driving the high cancer incidence and poor health outcomes in the African Nova Scotian community in the south end of Shelburne.

Young people will need to be persistent if they want to make change in the world. That’s the message McMaster University professor Ingrid Waldron hopes students receive as they hear from three women on Thursday who have been leading fights against industrial impacts on Black and Indigenous communities in Nova Scotia.

‘She’s out here trailblazing’: these 10 Black environmentalists are building community. Black Canadian scientists, researchers and environmental advocates discuss the importance of mentors, protégés and friends in their fields.

Bill C-226 passed the second reading vote in the Senate on October 26th, 2023. The bill now advances to the Energy committee for further review.

Advocates urge the Senate to refer Bill C-226 to committee before summer recess.

Advocates celebrate the passage of Bill C-226 in the House of Commons.

The CCECJ aims to support and inform the work of building an effective national environmental justice strategy. This strategy will impact all regions of what is colonially called Canada. Stay tuned for further details coming soon.